TapBuff
ZIP
Menu

Addicks Utility District water quality report, rewritten

Serves
8,076
Connections
2,692
Water source
Surface water bought from another system
Based in
Houston, TX
County
Harris
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

77084

PWSID TX1011019 · EPA data

Read this first

  • Lithium (above EPA’s health benchmark) was found in two of 8 samples, highest 11.2 ppb. Above EPA’s health reference level of 10 ppb, a screening level rather than an enforceable limit.

No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What was found

Highlighted: above the health goal, or EPA’s health benchmark where there is no goal. Circled: above the legal limit in at least one sample, or the action level. Every scale puts that line at its middle.

PFAS and lithium: EPA UCMR 5, samples taken from March 21, 2023 to March 20, 2024. Each blue tick on a scale is one sample where it was found.

NSF’s PFAS claims are tested to below 20 ppt. EPA’s limit is 10 ppt, and EPA says no certification yet shows a filter reaching its levels.

11.2ppb

Highest of 8 samples; found in two

Above EPA’s health reference level of 10 ppb, a screening level rather than an enforceable limit.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

PFHxS

Comes from the source

3.3ppt

Highest of 8 samples; found in three

Detected, below the legal limit and the health goal.

What handles it

PFBS

Comes from the source

3.7ppt

Highest of 8 samples; found in three

Below EPA’s hazard index benchmark of 2,000 ppt. PFBS has no legal limit or health goal of its own.

What handles it

Also found, with no federal limit

EPA measured these PFAS to learn how often they occur. None has a legal limit or a health goal yet.

CompoundHighest sampleFound inCertification claim
PFBA7.4 ppt5 of 8None covers it
PFPeA6.8 ppt6 of 8None covers it
PFHxA6.4 ppt6 of 8None covers it

Tested and not found

Below EPA’s minimum reporting level in every sample taken from March 21, 2023 to March 20, 2024. Not found means not measured above that level, which is not the same as zero.

All 25 compounds tested and not found
  • 11Cl-PF3OUdS
  • 4:2 FTS
  • 6:2 FTS
  • 8:2 FTS
  • 9Cl-PF3ONS
  • ADONA
  • HFPO-DA (GenX)
  • Lead
  • NEtFOSAA
  • NFDHA
  • NMeFOSAA
  • PFDA
  • PFDoA
  • PFEESA
  • PFHpA
  • PFHpS
  • PFMBA
  • PFMPA
  • PFNA
  • PFOA
  • PFOS
  • PFPeS
  • PFTA
  • PFTrDA
  • PFUnA

Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016.

What this report cannot tell you

  • Levels of everything else. Federal bulk data carries results for PFAS, lithium, lead and copper, and violations for the rest. Nitrate, arsenic, disinfection byproducts and other levels are in Addicks Utility District’s own annual report, which it must send you every year.
  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.
  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q2; UCMR 5 samples are from March 21, 2023 to March 20, 2024.

Other Texas utilities

All Texas utilities

Sources

What to do next

  • Read up on Lithium

    What each one does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.

    About Lithium

  • Get the utility’s own report

    Addicks Utility District must send you a water quality report every year. It lists nitrate, arsenic and byproduct levels this page cannot.

    How to read it

  • Test your own tap for lead

    Your service line, solder and fixtures decide the lead at your faucet, not the utility’s average.

    Lead in your water: what to do

  • Decide if you want a filter at all

    A filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.

    NSF/ANSI standards, decoded